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CENTENNIAL: 8 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Colorado Minerals Recovery Llc · Underground
Montrose County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0502993

MSHA record for CENTENNIAL (mine ID 0502993). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1983–1985
Latest incident
Jul 1985
Ownership history
  1. Brooks Minerals Inc 1950 to 1979
  2. Minerals Recovery Corp 1979 to 1989
  3. Colorado Minerals Recovery Llc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

CENTENNIAL sits in Montrose County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 1.1% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Montrose County, Colorado · Population 43,272
1.1%
Mining share of county employment
$66,072
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1985 · 4 incidents

April 15, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Minerals Recovery Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS BARRING DOWN AND HIT BACK WITH RIGHT HAND AND BROKE HIS RIGHT WRIST.

March 12, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Minerals Recovery Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING JACKLEG DRILL OUT OF HOLE AND TWISTED LOWER RIGHT BACK

1984 · 2 incidents

1983 · 2 incidents

February 15, 1983 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Minerals Recovery Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE HURT HIS BACK BY BENDING OVER IN BACK OF ELMAC TRUCK WHILE UNLOADING POWDER AND PRELL

January 31, 1983 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Minerals Recovery Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MINER SAID WHILE HE WAS BARING DOWN TOOK STEP BACKWARD AND TWISTED ANKLE, AS THE DAY WENT ON ANKLE BECAME WORSE. MINER WAS INSTRUCTED TO SEE DR. NEXT MORNING.